Dr. C. Everett Koop Speech at the White House
- Contributor(s):
- Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013
- Publication:
- Produced: [ca. 1984]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Abortion, Legal Euthanasia Infanticide Religion and Medicine
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Speeches
- Abstract:
- During the early years of his presidency, Ronald Reagan regularly invited anti-abortion and evangelical Christian groups to the White House. On those occasions White House staff asked Koop, whose outspoken opposition to abortion had initially brought him to Reagan's attention, to address these groups at the White House, sometimes together with the President, sometimes by himself. In this undated speech, delivered in 1984, Koop described his efforts while a pediatric surgeon in Philadelphia to find counseling and adoption services for women who had unwanted pregnancies, as an alternative to abortion.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584930X444 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- QQBCBQ
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X444
- Archival Collection:
- The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)